Opportunity Information: Apply for P25AS00257
The FY2025 Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund (ESHPF) - Capacity grant (Funding Opportunity Number P25AS00257) is a National Park Service discretionary grant program designed to help historic and cultural resources recover after major natural disasters. The program is specifically tied to areas that received a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and the funding covers necessary expenses connected to the impacts of natural disasters that occurred during calendar years 2023 and 2024. Funding is awarded competitively, and a key feature is that applicants do not need to provide a non-Federal cost share or match.
This particular announcement focuses on capacity support for State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs) and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (THPOs) operating in jurisdictions that experienced a qualifying major disaster declaration in 2023 and/or 2024. The intent is to strengthen the ability of these offices to handle disaster-related workloads, especially compliance responsibilities and in-house, non-construction activities. Examples of the types of work emphasized include activities like survey, planning, and similar office-led efforts that support historic preservation recovery and disaster response, rather than hands-on construction or repair work.
The ESHPF program overall is funded at 48,000,000 under Public Law 118-158, but it is important to distinguish this capacity competition from the separate ESHPF opportunity aimed at physical preservation projects. P25AS00257 is only for capacity and non-construction efforts led by SHPOs and eligible THPOs, while P25AS00489 is the separate announcement intended for defined physical preservation projects (including reconstruction) where there is documented disaster damage; that second opportunity is open more broadly to states, tribes, local governments, and nonprofits. Applicants are expected to choose the correct opportunity number based on whether they are seeking capacity support versus funding for a specific, physical preservation project.
Eligibility for the capacity opportunity is limited and grounded in the National Historic Preservation Act authorities. Eligible applicants include state governments as defined in 54 USC 3001 et seq., with additional eligibility referenced through 54 USC 302902 (Grants to States), 54 USC 302908 (including certain Freely Associated States), and the relevant definition provisions such as 54 USC 300317 (States). In Ohio, one nonprofit entity is specifically called out as eligible: Ohio History Connection, because it serves as the Ohio SHPO. Tribal eligibility applies to federally recognized tribal governments that have signed Memoranda of Agreement with the National Park Service to assume SHPO duties on tribal lands (i.e., functioning as THPOs consistent with NHPA authorities).
A major restriction is that ESHPF grants are not available for sites or collections that are owned or leased by the federal government, or where the federal government holds a property interest. In addition, even otherwise eligible SHPOs or THPOs must be able to tie their proposed work to a jurisdiction that had a major disaster declaration in calendar year 2023 and/or 2024. The announcement points applicants to FEMA disaster declaration information and an interactive map to confirm whether a location falls within a declared disaster area and to verify applicable declarations.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is listed under CFDA 15.957 and uses the grant funding instrument. The posting indicates an application closing date of 2025-06-12 and lists an award ceiling of 15,000,000. The bottom line is that this is a targeted, disaster-driven preservation capacity grant for qualified SHPO/THPO offices to manage the surge in compliance and planning-type preservation work that follows federally declared disasters in 2023 and 2024, without requiring a matching contribution.Apply for P25AS00257
- The National Park Service in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY2025 - Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund (ESHPF)- Capacity" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.957.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2025-05-12.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-06-12. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $15,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others.
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